Although it was only a firearms licence.
However despite getting this picture taken, the head wear worn as a sign of worship to the FSM, and having the picture happily sitting in his wallet, this did not stop him being persecuted for his faith.
At some stage the cops see this religious picture associated with some paperwork. Instead of respecting this bloke's sincerely held religious beliefs however, they decided that he looked like a bit of a nutter and questioned whether he was sane/safe enough to hold a firearms licence, and proceeded to confiscate his firearms pending a psychological examination.
What an outrage! Colander head wearers are not terrorists! This persecution must stop least we be radicalised or something! Don't hurt our religious feelings!
It had a happy ending though. The psychologist thought it was funny and declared him sane. However the cops are still persecuting his religion by demanding he take another licence photo without the colander!
After convincing the woman who took his photo at the transport department he was allowed to wear the colander, Mr Albon finally had his unique licence.
"I thought it was an absolute scream," Mr Albon said.
"As far as I know I'm the first person to do it (in Australia)."
It wasn't until six months later, in about June last year, when he submitted paperwork to have his licence classification changed that police became nervous about allowing a man with a colander on his head access to firearms.
He said two uniformed officers visited his home and seized his licence and four firearms - two rifles and two handguns worth about $2000 in total - until a psychiatrist confirmed he was safe to own weapons. "I passed," Mr Albon said. Read more
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